Change Is a Journey Through Conflict: Be the Hero’s Guide

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DevLearn 2018 Conference & Expo - October 25, 2018

Katie Stroud

Master Story Crafter Incremental Success

Have you ever been offered unsolicited advice? If so, you know
that advice received before you’re ready falls on deaf ears. The same thing happens
at work when training is offered before the need is clear. The need for change is
like a journey that your reluctant heroes face. Knowing the phases of this journey
helps you plan for guidance at the right time. Everyone knows that the Hero’s Journey
is a tool for writing good fiction stories, but what if it could be modified to
accommodate common models of conflict resolution?

In this session, you’ll design a model for helping people navigate
the difficult path of changing behavior. Heroes need a guide, but not until they’re
ready. They need time to process a call to performance. Then they’ll need to know
what they have to do and which tools will help them achieve that goal. This session
offers you the (literal) map for the journey of conflict.

In this session, you will
learn:

A model for helping people adopt new behaviors

How timing different phases of your project plays
an important role in achieving your objectives

How to balance two important factors in behavior
modification: driving forces and restraining forces

How to identify the best tools for achieving success,
some of which are neither a tangible object nor a digital solution